Category Archives: Experiences

It’s a hard hit on me that the sport I really don’t fancy and enjoy watching is the most expensive. Owning a full kit can cost as high as KSh. 100,000. For you to register for a club membership you should be willing to part with KSh. 500,000. Golf is the game I am talking about and I am forced to mention Tiger Woods. His name sends a rush of adrenaline down my spine because I associate him with success and money. Continue reading

What you don’t know just might help you. Being unaware of presently accepted, communal beliefs can put you a step ahead of the herd. It’s like an artist building a masterpiece from a blank canvas. Sometimes it’s better to begin from a clean slate, to create your own way without polluting with external inputs. Continue reading

In the previous years, it was common to look for jobs in the ‘Wanted’ and ‘Jobs’ columns of newspapers and send your applications through mail via the local post office. However the turn-around time for receiving, processing, and acting on these applications was immense by today’s industry standards. These things have changed drastically with technology, and now job openings are being posted on the Internet, with dedicated job search sites cropping up with databased job categories. Email was (and still is) the primary medium used for this method. You will discover that this method is still the most popular and most common means of job search. Continue reading

wOne of the prominent location-based social networking websites for mobile devices, such as smart-phones is Foursquarehich was created in 2009 by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai. Continue reading

When I was informed at a short notice that I would be going to Kenya, to work on a project, I had mixed feelings. On one hand, it would be the first time ever that I would be leaving home for so long. On the other hand, it was a great opportunity for me to travel to another continent, interact with Government officials in Kenya, and be exposed to a new way of life. Continue reading

Today in Kenya, for a person venturing into business, they most likely have some basic education of the related field. The education may be in the form of either college education or an equivalent of hands-on experience from working and interacting with the industry. These two forms of learning go hand in hand with each other where people with basic scholar education and work experience generally do well in business. A large percentage of Kenyan business persons who are in small enterprises would not have had the chance or the privilege of experiencing both, and thus, they would need something extra to bridge this gaping hole; they would need Entrepreneurship training. Continue reading

If you had the chance to chat with a bank CEO, what would you talk about? As if that is not mind boggling enough, what if you got the chance to do this every week with a different CEO? Continue reading

I don’t know about you, but if I am to speak for myself I would tell you, my fellow readers, that I am greatly saddened by the fact that we often look back at our bygone years with a lot of nostalgia, and label them as “the good old days”. Continue reading

The last few days at Kuza HQ had been a bee-hive of activity, largely attributed to the many youth from diverse backgrounds coming in to give a message of inspiration and hope. We had an ongoing project between KuzaBiashara and a locally based editorial firm by the name of ‘footprints press’. We were very privileged to have with us Susan Githuku, the editor-in-chief for ‘The EDITION’, and make it possible to have these youth who were full of ideas to talk to us on camera. Continue reading

As usual the event Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013 featured some of the best and the most interesting things for gamers. We could see the introduction of Razor’s Edge, that was by far the most exciting gaming news out of CES 2013 yet. Razor’s Edge is one of the most powerful gaming computers, and this year went out all the way to produce a standalone tablet that doubles as a portable game console and a normal, fully functional Tablet computer. The accessories for the device and its adaptability to the gaming environment moved the crowd almost to tears in disbelief. Continue reading

Whether you are working for a multinational firm, or a medium-sized enterprise, recruiting staff from time to time is one key trait that transverses all businesses. This is a characteristic that applies to both, new and already established businesses. Undoubtedly, employees are the human resource asset that greatly determines the success or failure of a company. It is for this sole reason, that it is of utmost importance for a company to hire the right person for the right job. This can be achieved through a intricate process that involves matching skills, experience, and suitability to the role. Finding the correct match to these seemingly infinite variables, with the required characteristics presents a unique problem to many HR departments. Continue reading